Virtue, Liberty, And Toleration: Political Ideas Of European Women, 1400-1800
by Jacqueline Broad /
2007 / English / PDF
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The essays in this collection examine womens political writings with particular reference to the themes of virtue (especially the virtue of phronesis or prudence), liberty, and toleration. The figures discussed include Christine de Pizan, Catherine dAmboise, Isabella dEste, Elizabeth I, Katherine Chidley, Elizabeth Poole, Margaret Cavendish, Damaris Masham, Mary Astell, Elizabeth Carter, Catharine Macaulay, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Cornlie Wouters.
